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An Email with the Subject "Dear E-mail Account Owner" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:34:23 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as Account Upgrading Department <benton-r@sbcglobal.net>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear Customer, Due to increase in spam spreading all over the world. We are now using this oppurtunity to inform our valuable customers that we are upgrading new network to avoid receiving such spam mails effect from 27 April 2010 and mentainance. We are using this medium to inform you that your account information is needed to perform this upgrading and also to avoid losing your informations in your account. You are require to send down the following details in the format below; Username: Password: Alternative Email: You will be contacted shorthly, upon receiving your informations, and you are to sign back in within the next 48hrs, for fresh network. If we do not receive your response within this period your account will be deactivated for our database. CC Technical Support |